Tile-molding machine.



No. 804,753.y PATENTBD Nov.' 14, 1905 H. MEYER.

TILE MOLDING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED FIEB.14. 1905.

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HENRY MEYER, OF DESHER, OHIO.

TILE-MOLDING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1905.

Application led February 14, 1905. Serial No. 245,617.

To all whom, it may con/cern:

Be it known that l, HENRY MEYER, a citizen of the United States. residing at Deshler, in the county of Henry and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Tile-Molding Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to improvements in machines for molding roofingtiles of a c ementitious nature, though perhaps useful for other analogous purposes.

The principal object is to provide a simple structure of a novel nature by means of whichv sectional View through the mold when filled.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the elevating means for the bottom. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view on the line 6 6 of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view on the line 7 7 of Fig. 3, but showing the material in the mold. Fig. 8 is a detail plan view of a slightly-modified form ofconstruction.

Similar reference-numerals designate corresponding' parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the embodiment illustrated a suitable table is employed comprising a top 9, supported on legs 10, which may be braced, as shown at 11 and 12. Mounted on this table is the mold, which is constructed' as follows: A base is employed comprising sides 13 and a top 14, the sides having ears 15, through which are passed fastening devices 16, whereby the base is secured to the tabletop. An open-bottomed mold-body comprising side walls 17 snugly receives the base, said side walls surrounding the same and being vertically slidable upon said base. In

order to secure the vertical adjustment, screws 18 are interposed between the table-top and the side walls, said screws being threaded into the ears 15 and bearing against the lower edges of the side walls 17. The mold-body is heldin its adjusted position by means of holding-screws 19, passing through slots 2O in the side walls 17 and being threaded into the sides 13 of the base.

A false bottom 21 slidably fits within the mold-body and normally rests upon the top 14 of the base. ably, though not necessarily, constructed of sheet metal and is provided in its upper face with suitable grooves 22 for forming strengthening-ribs on one face ofthe tile molded thereupon. These grooves 22 of course form corresponding ribs 23 on the under side of the false bottom, said ribs being received in depressed channels or seats 24, formed in the 4top 14 of the base. For the purpose of forming ears on the article certain of the side walls 17 are provided with recesses 25, and' the false bottom has ears 26 extending therelnto.

4Located in the recesses 25 are upstanding core-pins 27, secured to the side walls 17 and passing upwardly through the false bottom 21,

v as shown in Fig. 7. For the purpose of elevating the said false bottom 21 a spider-frame 28 is employed, normally located in recesses 29, formed in the top 14 of the base and being movable out of the same. This .spiderframe is secured to the upper end of a vertical stem 30, slidably passing down through the base and throughv the table-top and connected at its lower end to a foot-lever 31, fulcrumedupon the cross-brace 12 of the table.

In order to provide the upper tile-faces of the tile with the proper conguration, frames 32 and 33 are employed, the frame 32 being hinged, as shown at 34, to an extension 35, carried by one corner of the mold-body. Said frame 32 is adapted to t upon the top of the mold-body, and two of the sides 36 thereof extend slightly over the base and are provided with a slot 37. The other frame 33 is hinged, as shown at 38, to the frame 32 contiguous to its hinge 34, and two sides 39 of said frame 33 comprise presser-bars, adapted to enter the slot 37, being provided on their under sides with longitudinally-disposed ribs 40. The upward and outward movement of the frame 32 is limited by a projection 41, located contiguous to its hinge-axis and adapted to engage the extension 35. swinging movement of the frame 33 is limited by a pin 42,-carried by said extension 35.

This false bottom is prefer- IOO The upward- For the purpose of properly positioning the frames upon the mold the frame 32 is provided at the free corner, which is diagonally opposite the hinge, with a positioning-stud 43, projecting on opposite sides of said frame, one end of the stud being movable into a recess 44 inthe adjacent corner of the moldbody, the other end being received in a socket 45, formed in the handle of the frame 33.

In using the machine the body of the mold is adjusted so that the side walls thereof will project a distance above the base equal to the thickness it is desired to make the tile, after which said body is secured by means of the holding-screws 19. The spider-frame is then depressed into its recesses and a false bottom introduced into the mold-body, said bottom thus resting upon the top of the base. The body is then iilled with cement, after which the frame 32 is placed upon said body and the groove 37 also iilled with cement. Thereupon the frame 33 is moved to the position shown in Fig. 4 and the ribs 40 pressed into the cement in the groove. Then the frame 32 is elevated, the frame 33 being held against movement, so that the frame 32 passes from the cement ribs thus formed without breaking or injuring the same. Both frames are afterward thrown into the position shown in Fig. 1, the foot-lever is depressed,'thereby elevating the spider-frame with the false bottom and carrying the tile out of the mold. Said tile, still supported on the false bottom, is removed and placed aside to dry. A new false bottom is placed in position and another tile molded. l

With this structure tiles of various thicknesses can be made. The parts are simple, the adjustment thereof to secure the desired results can be conveniently and readily made, and said parts are such that there islittle liability of derangement.

l From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, p'roportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without vdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. As an example of how the structure may be modiied attention is invited to Fig. 8, wherein is shown a slightly-different form of connection between the faceforming frames and the mold-body. Said frames are designated, respectively, 3la and 32. The frame 31L swings horizontally upon a vertical pivot 33", mounted on the extension 35 of said mold-body. The frame 32a still swings in a vertical direction, being hinged, as shown at 34, to the frame 31u. In this structure, moreover, the stop for limiting the upward and outward swinging movement of the frame 32 is a pin 35, carried by the frame 318, directly in rear of the hinge 34a.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. -In a molding-machine of the class described, the combination with a base having a top wall provided with recesses, of an openbottomed mold-body receiving the base and adjustably secured thereto, a false bottom movably mounted in the body above the top wall of the base, and means for elevating the false bottom, said means including a frame movably located in the recesses and movable upwardly out of the same, and an actuating device connected to the frame and extending through the base.

2. In a molding-machine of the class described, the combination with a base having a top wall provided with recesses, of a moldbody having an open bottom that receives the base, means'for adjustably securing the body at different elevations with respect to the base, a false bottom movably mounted in the body above the top wall of the base, said bottom normally resting on the top of the base, a spider-frame normally located in the recesses ofthe said top wall and movable upwardly out of the same to elevate the false bottom, a stem secured to the spider-frame and extending downwardly through the base, and means for, effecting the upward movement of the stem.

3. In a molding-machine of the class described, the combination with atable, of a base mounted thereon and projecting above the same, said base having' side walls and a top provided with crossed recesses, an open-bottomed mold-body having side walls that surround the base, means adjustably connecting .the side walls and the sides of the base for portion of the stem.

4. In a molding-machine of the class described, the combination with a base, of a mold-body compris-ing side walls that surround the base, means for securing the body at different elevations on the base, said side walls having recesses in theirinner sides, and upstanding' core-pins carried by the side walls and located in the recesses.

5. In a molding-machine of the class described, the combination with a mold having a bottom and side walls, of separately-swing- IOO IIO

ing face-forming frames mounted on the mold, one of said frames being located over the other, and a positioning-stud carried by the under frameand projecting` on opposite sides of said frame, the other frame and the adjacent mold-Wall having sockets to respectively receive the ends of the stud.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

v HENRY MEYER.

Witnesses: I

B. G. FOSTER, JOHN H. SIGGERS. 

